Released latest firmware for EOS 50D and EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss X3

EOS 50D Firmware Version 1.0.8.
“Firmware Changes:
This change in firmware (Version 1.0.8), we incorporates the following fixes and improvements.
1. Improved read / write speed when using CF cards capable UDMA7.
2. Fixed incorrect display of the following eight languages on the menu screen is displayed. 
Language / Turkish / Thai / Portuguese / Spanish / Swedish / Arabic Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese
Firmware Version 1.0.8 of this guide is covered by the earlier cameras with firmware Version 1.0.7.If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.0.8, you do not have to change the firmware.”
Translated by Google from Canon Jp.

You can download the Firmware Version 1.0.8 for EOS 50D on Canon Jp

EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 Firmware Version 1.1.1
“Firmware Changes
This change in firmware (Version 1.1.1), we incorporates the following fixes and improvements.
1.The menu display language (Polish / Portuguese Arabic) Fix mis-display.
Firmware Version 1.1.1 of this guide is covered by the earlier cameras with firmware Version 1.1.0. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.1.1, you do not have to change the firmware.”
Translated by Google from Canon Jp.
You can download the Firmware Version 1.1.1. for EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 on Canon Jp

EOS 50D: B&H Photo, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3: B&H Photo, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Here I am!


Time flew!
However…Olympus is going to announce on Wednesday the news E-P3, E-PL3 and E-PM1 and, regarding Canon, Tokina has confirmed his 17-35mm f4 zoom.

Will be released in late July for Canon and in September for Nikon.
Suggested retail price: ¥ 98,000, around $ 1.200 and € 850,00.

Specifications and 12 samples taken with 5DII can be seen on Tokina.

Bryce Dallas Howard director of “Project Imagin8ion”


Bryce Dallas Howard is the director of “Project Imagin8ion, ” a Ron Howard production.
“NEW YORK, N.Y., June 9, 2011 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today that Bryce Dallas Howard, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and dynamic young talents both on screen and behind the camera, has been invited by Canon and her father Ron Howard to direct his latest film endeavor, “Project Imagin8ion.” The initiative is the first user-generated photo contest to serve as the foundation for a Hollywood short film, which now boasts the A-list team of Bryce Dallas Howard directing and Ron Howard executive producing, in partnership with Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy of Freestyle, a full-service development and production company.

Launched on May 22nd, “Project Imagin8ion” encourages photographers of all levels to submit photos based on a series of movie themes: Setting, Time, Character, Mood, Relationship, Goal, Obstacle and the Unknown. The contest pulled in over 8,500 photo submissions on the first day alone and aims to foster dialogue between Canon and a community of photography enthusiasts, inspiring everyone to achieve new levels of creativity. Consumers can visit www.youtube.com/imagination to submit photos through June 14th and to vote on the semi-finalists through June 23rd. Throughout the promotion, Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard and Freestyle, with the help of Canon experts and the Project Imagin8ion community, will narrow down the submissions and ultimately select eight winning photos – one from each movie theme category – to become the basis and inspiration for a short film shot with Canon EOS DSLR cameras and lenses.” Canon USA

Click those direct links to check the EOS 5D Mark II price: B&H Photo, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Apple flies: iOS5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion


Three big Apple announcements at WWDC 2011: iOS 5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion.
About iOS5, it adds more than 200 new features to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
It will be available as a free software update to iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users this fall.
More interesting for photographers are the camera application updates for iPhone.
“You can open the Camera app right from the Lock screen. Use grid lines, pinch-to-zoom gestures, and single-tap focus and exposure locks to compose a picture on the fly. Then press the volume-up button to snap your photo in the nick of time. If you have Photo Stream enabled in iCloud, your photos automatically download to all your other devices.”
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iCloud is a program that automatically synchronizes data across all your device: videos, photos, music, books, documents,…
“Take a photo on an iOS device or import a photo from your digital camera to your computer, and iCloud automatically sends a copy of the photo over any available Wi-Fi network (or Ethernet) to the Photos app on your iOS devices, iPhoto on your Mac, the Pictures Library on your PC, and the Photo Stream album on your Apple TV. So you can show off your shots to friends and family from whichever device you’re using at the time.
One thousand of your latest photos. With you all the time.
iCloud helps you manage your photos efficiently so you don’t run out of storage space on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. When photos are sent to your iOS device, they appear in a Photo Stream album that holds a rolling collection of your last 1000 photos. iCloud stores new photos for 30 days, so you have plenty of time to connect your device to Wi-Fi and get your most recent shots. Once they appear in your Photo Stream, you can save your favorite shots to your Camera Roll or any other album on your device.
iCloud will be available this fall, along with iOS 5. A free beta version of iTunes in the Cloud is available today in the U.S. and requires iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3.”
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Mac OS X Lion
It “will be available to customers in July as a download from the Mac App Store for $29.99. OS X Lion offers more than 250 new features, including Multi-Touch gestures; systemwide support for full-screen apps; Mission Control, a bird’s-eye view of everything running on your Mac; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.”
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